Bath fixture



i Dec. 2, 1930. G. P. BOEH'M 1,783,492

BATH FIXTURE Filed May 20. 1929 jg 1 il ENTOR Boff/M .BY

ATTOR N EYS Patented Dec. 2, 1930 UNITED STATES GEORGE PAUL BOEI-l 11, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS BATH FIXTURE Application led May 20, 1929. Serial No. 364,590.

My invention relates to improvements in bath iiztures, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a bath fixture adapted to be attached to the usual bath constructions, in which means is provided Jfor permitting a bath to be lilled with water in such a manner that the usual noise associated with running water is entirely eliminated.

A further object is to provide a device ot the type described which is simple in construction and eiiicient for the purpose intended.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invent-ion is illustrated in the accompanying' drawings forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view, part-ly in section, of a portion of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my invention, and

Figure 3 is a slightly modified form of my invention.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of a body portion 1 having leg portions 2 and a boss portion 3. The body portion 1 is provided with a boss 4, see Figure 2. The body portion is provided with a transverse opening 5 as shown in Figure 2. In Figure 2 I have indicated the bottom of a bath by a line 6. The legs 2 rest upon the bottom of the bath, at which time the end of the boss l is spaced slightly from the bottom. .Art this time the flat face 7 is spaced slightly farther from the bottom than the end of the boss. The legs 2 may be provided with rubber pads 8. A tubular member 9 having a central opening 10 and a reduced portion 11 is secured to the body portion 1.

In referring to Figure 2, it will be seen that the reduced portion is disposed within the opening 5. The member 9 may be provided with ridges or beads 12 tor retaining one end of a iiexible tube 13. r1`he opposite end of the tube is secured to an attaching member 14. rilhe member 141 is adapted to be connected with the water outlet portion of a faucet 15 associated with abath. Since the member 1% is well known in the art, a detailed'description of this unit is not necessary. The member 14 may be easily att-ached to or detached from the portion 15, The body portion 1 is made from metal, and for this reason is relatively heavy in weight.

When the tube 13 is connected with the outlet of the faucet and the water is turned on, the latter will pass through the tube 13 and be conveyed through the opening 5 and discharged upon the bottom of the bath. In view of the fact that the water is discharged GJ upon the bottom relatively near the latter, it will be seen that the noise usually associated with running water is entirely eliminated.

The water passing from the body portion 1 flows out from underneath the body portion between the legs. The body portion is suiiiciently heavy to remain in a fixed position upon the bottom of the bath. The rubber pads 8 also tend to adhere to the bot- 'f5 tom of the bath.

In Figure 3 1 have shown a. modied form of my device in which a body portion 1 is provided with a. bracket 3 for supporting a tube 13. The lower end of the tube 13 is ce disposed relatively near the base of the body portion l for permitting the water to be discharged upon the bottom of the bath.

I claim:

1. A device of the type described comprisf ing a body portion provided with legs, said body portion being provided with a boss upon the underneath side and an opening passing through the body portion and the boss, liquid-conveying means connected with 99 said body portion and communicating with the opening therein, and means associated with said liquid-conveying means and adapted to be removably attached to a faucet.

2. Abath fixture comprisingaboc yportion @f5 provided with a plurality of legs, said body portion being provided with an opening therethrough terminating relatively near the bottom of a bath when said body portion is disposed therein, a tubular member secured 'l to said body portion and having an opening communicating With the opening in said body portion, a flexible tube having one end secured to said tubular member, and means secured to the opposite end of said flexible tube and adapted to be removably attached toa faucet.

3. A bath fixture comprising a body portion provided with a plurality o legs, said body portion being provided With an opening therethrough terminating relatively` near the bottom of a bath when said body portion is disposed therein, a tubular member secured to said body portion and having an opening communicating With the opening in said body portion, a flexible tube having one end secured to said tubular member, means secured to the opposite end of said `flexible tube and adapted to be removably attached to a faucet, and pads secured t`o said legs.

Signed at Chicago in the county of Cook and State of Illinois this 14th day of May,

GEORGE PAUL BOEHM. 

